WTF Kpop?

The.

F%&*#^%.

Kpop, I know that lately I haven’t been there for you like I should. But I still care. I still check in every once in a while. And then you reward me with THIS? Forgive me for I know not what I say, but – Christ on a cracker! What happened to you? Exhaustion? Dehydration? (Figurative) writer’s block?

I hate to tell you this, but my ridiculous obsession meter is teetering dangerously close to Glee, and you and I both know we don’t want that to happen.

well the girl/boy groups might be interesting
but i just don’t get the 80s groups right there
sometimes kpop is just ridiculous…..

pugfoah

too many new groups? i agree. no offense to them but i need time to cope with the rapid change/input of groups in kpop. for now i’ll stick with 2ne1 & Big Bang. we’ll see what happens in the future…

Blasphemy!

The impregnation of the Music/Entertainment/Show business with evermore idol groups is dizzying @_@

I can’t keep up and after a while, they all start to look and sound like carbon copies of each other.

Also, what happened to the manageable numbers of 2, 3, and 4?
Why do new idol groups have to be 6+ people? I can’t remember all those names!!

And, sorry, but with these many people vying for the public’s attention (i.e. moolah), I think the quality of entertainment (with the songs and accompanying elements like dance choreography) will suffer, since more likely than not, things will be rushed and poorly planned as the competition will be fierce.

Oh, my hears! My eyes! Stop the madness~

daydreamingisfun

NOOOO with all these kpop groups i hope kpop doesnt self destruct because of an overload TwT

Fug

Any group that’s over 5 members I don’t pay attention at all.

Oh wait, any group that isn’t Big Bang or 2NE1 I don’t pay attention at all.

There, much better.

lay

let me join you there. hi hi …

lordy

Any group that doesn’t have any real singing talent I don’t pay attention to at all.

Oh wait, that rules out every idol group.

Kpopboi

LMAOOOOO

Fug

Haha, true. This would be me prior to 2009, right before I got sucked into ‘Lollipop.’ It was so colorful and shiny, I wasn’t able to resist.

ClumsyL

You see, they attack you with their cuteness. It reminds me too much of an episode of fairly odd parents.

Shoe-head

Didn’t lollipop remind anyone else of that part in Zoolander when he gets brainwashed by Mugatu?

‘let this 80’s classic soothe you.. happy time.. happy’

Janelle Marie

Eagerly awaiting both groups comeback.

Ristakay

“Christ on a cracker!” (BTW, I am a huge Mad Men fan, too, so I got a kick out of that, ha!)

I wouldn’t call myself a hardcore kpop fan but I *do* find some amusement in it as a casual viewer/listener. With that in mind, I’m still surprised that the concept of coed band mates hasn’t lost its novelty in Korea. I mean, c’mon! Not since S Club 7 has there been any semblance of success in that arena!

Mari

Actually, the Japanese band AAA (Attack All Around)is coed, and they’ve been pretty successful since they debuted in 2005. Most of their singles have been pretty high on the Oricon charts, and while they aren’t as insanely popular as, say, Ayumi Hamasaki, they’ve still got a sizable fanbase. They’re not extremely well-known in the US, but they do have a lot of non-Japanese Asian fans. So to say that there hasn’t been a successful coed group since S Club 7 wouldn’t be entirely true.

But I do think that it’ll be hard for these new co-ed groups to succeed–not really because they’re co-ed groups, but because there are so many new groups popping up right now that any group hoping to stay afloat is going to have to have more than just a gimmick in order to do so. And it kinda seems like these new groups are hoping that their co-ed-ness will be enough to gain them lots of attention and fans. I could be proven completely wrong once these groups debut; they could all have oodles and oodles of talent and mad skillz or whatever, and they may all become insanely popular. But I doubt it.

I’m predicting that Co-Ed will do worse than F1rst, though, because any co-ed group that decides to name itself “Co-Ed” is either severely lacking in creativity, desperately seeking attention, or both.

ana

yeah AAA is good but i hate there last single they only let the girls sing so boys became there backup dancers.

anya

LMFAOO and AAA is a jpop group love them as well though the new kpop group need some help they are like on life support i will stick with 2ne1 bigbang se7en old songs none of the new boa old songs dbsk everything and suju hmm am i missing anything NOPE

SCHI

I know this is going to sound cliché, or just weird, but every so often I look forward to a new group and also anticipate some of the seasoned or past groups’ re-emergence into the kpop scene…but this is sad…

I did find the whole concept of co-ed groups fascinating but I’m still having trouble wrapping my head around the kpop version of that. It’s like each gender has a specific role to play in the co-ed conundrum…and that is of either the typical male with his killer moves/looks/awesomeness/singing/rapping or the female who appears to be more of a prop or extra than group member…

perhaps they will grow to have more personality with the coming months, but as of yet 80s groups and co-ed just isn’t clicking.

I mean with all my heart, good luck and hope all goes well. :D

kammy

feels like S club 7 all over again, they really are going to the 90’s pop thing.

Banana In Pajamas

i just can’t stick to the new kpop groups since 2009. really. BB and 2ne1, comeback already.

Rena

I would look forward to the co-ed groups if there were 6 or less people. Or if they split up into brother/sister groups (kinda like 2AM/2PM) that might also work. But far out 8 and 10 are way too many.

mango

i’ve learned to like kpop with the ears only. no more music videos, no selca photos, no ingikayo.

Chi

hear fucking hear!!!!

chi

that was exactly my reaction when i found out about these.. these.. ugh. WTF??!

lysol

Supreme Team!!!!

sorry, just got introduced to them.

anya

Love them too!! does underground music or used to be count as kpop now?

Bulleusekat

I’d say they are now kpop. Read somewhere that their “ex-underground-fans” weren’t too happy about their popularity.

.__.

Hmm.. i don’t think co-ed groups are a bad idea. It’s whether or not the artists can create good music.

Lovely Llido

Go go go 2ne1 and Big Bang!!! Go go go YG Family!!! Love them.. 3 or 4 members in each group is ok but 5 up? Come on, they’re just pa-cuties. How can they develope their talents if they only have small part in each song? That’s mainly WTF!